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Episode 1: Dating - Korean Drama Style
Now that I'm certain about whom I have feeling for: Jack. It is time for some actions. You don't think I would just sit around and wait for him to magically fall in love with me, do you? Korean dramas have taught me that if I want to get the love of my life, I need to make my intention super clear.
Korean dramas are popular for the excessively romantic scenes that make you cringe. But I didn't waste hours of my life just to be entertained by them. In fact, I've gained a trick or two up my sleeve about dating. If I want to get Jack to like me, I need to recreate the romantic chemistry, then, ultimately make him mine.
Hannah: How?
Me: Stalk him.
Hannah: Yoo-Jin, that's illegal.
Me: I mean...coincidently show up everywhere he is. Pretend like I run into him. Make him feel like we are fated, a match made from heaven. They do that all the time in Korean dramas and it always works. When Sarah tried to win her ex-husband back, she showed up wherever he was, like his favorite fishing spot. You know, she even got him to teach her how to fish. Her ex-husband totally fell for her again.
Hannah: Huh?! Who's Sarah?
Me: Oh! Sarah from Birth of The Beauty. It was a such great drama.
Lucky me! I don't have much trouble figuring out where Jack would be like Sarah did with her ex-husband. Jack is a certificated fitness instructor at the gym nearby. When he isn't at home, he is certainly at the gym. That makes things even better. You have no idea how many romantic scenarios can happen at the gym.
Or the steamy sit-up session from Secret Garden:
I'm going to sign up for a gym membership. Although I'm not a very active individual, with Jack being my personal trainer, I think I can be at the gym 24/7.
Episode 2: Men in Black
My first day of gym wasn't all that terrible. True, it was tiring. My body was so used to laying around and watching Korean dramas all day. But Jack was there and, at least, I didn't do anything to embarrass myself in front of him.
Jack truly belongs to the gym. He's already good-looking in everyday clothes. But he's able to show off his lean and tone physique in proper gym work-out clothes. His figure is exactly my style, muscular but not too bulky. It was very difficult to concentrate on working out.
I pretended not to now how to do sit-up and asked Jack for help. My heart was pounding so hard just thinking about reenacting the steamy sit-up scene in Secret Garden with Jack. As I was ready to get into action, two men in black tracksuit interrupted us. Jack told me to wait and followed them outside. He never came back. That night, he texted me to apologize and explained it was something urgent. My intuition told me men-in-black wasn't a good sight. According to Korean dramas, they are either gangster, loan shark, kidnapper or all of the above.
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Me: Hannah, have James and Jack ever talked about their family?
Hannah: No, not really.
Me: We never saw any of their family visit them, either.
Hannah: That's true but why? What's wrong?
Me: I was at the gym the other night with Jack. Then, two guys came and Jack left with them.
Hannah: They must be friends.
Me: No, they are not. My intuition is never wrong. I've been watching this drama called Oh My Venus! In the drama, Young-Ho is a personal trainer although he is from a wealthy family. He decided to run away from all of his family issues but his grandmother always wants to take him back and to make him inherit the family's corporate.
Hannah: And your point is?
Me: Jack and James never say anything about their family. Their family never visit them. Their family can be very rich and they are both running away or hiding from their family. And the two men in black were the people Jack's family sent to find him.
Hannah: Not again, Yoo-Jin!
Episode 3: Oh My Venus!
I've been going to the gym and train with Jack every night. Tonight wasn't an exception until I saw Jack talking to the two men from last time in a shady corner next to the gym. My curiosity couldn't stay still so I decided to stalk them. The men left after about 10 minutes but I was too far away to be able to eavesdrop on the conversation. Even worse, Jack saw me.
Jack: Yoo-Jin, what are you doing in there?
Me: Ah...Uhm...I...I'm looking for my sunglasses. I think I dropped them here.
Jack: It's 9 p.m. Why are you wearing sunglasses? Were you eavesdropping me?
Me: Uhm...Ah...I...Wait, don't be mad. I can explain.
I had no choice but trying my best to explain to Jack my Korean drama based theory about his family background, in a way that made me seem less crazy possible. I even told him about Oh My Venus! and that I was a big fan of Korean dramas. Jack told me his family didn't have a corporate but they owned a small family business in South California. He always wanted to live in San Francisco so when James was offered a job here, Jack decided to come with him. Hence, nobody in his family was against him for being a fitness instructor. I thought my chance with Jack was over but his reaction startled me.
Jack: You are a very interesting girl, Yoo-Jin.
Me: I know. My Korean drama intuition gets very strong sometimes.
Jack: Do you wanna go get dinner tomorrow?
Me: Sure! I'll tell Hannah.
Jack: No. Just you and me.
Me *inner thought*: Oh my Venus! It works!
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